They aren't privy to the mental journey that this other person is going on and doubt they ever will be, but... but hopefully it's at least a little eye-opening. The reality that they've had to live with so far. They look again and they're calming down, finally; the smile on their face is practically embarrassed as color flows into their face again.

"There is," they say, recognizing they're not being chastised. Slowly, they start getting back to their feet, propping themself up on the nearest vertical whatever that they can touch. "But when the reward is something that important, you'd be surprised the amount of risks you're willing to take. Especially if you don't know that you'll make it out the other side okay."

They're talking big, they recognize; everything they'd just said goes pretty hard against it. But as long as they think they sound cool, then maybe they'll get away with it. "Now can you take me to the hospital?" they ask, sounding extremely cool.